{"id":83446,"date":"2024-05-03T18:11:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83446\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"investigators-open-special-case-against-exiled-sisters","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83446\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators open special case against exiled sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Investigators opened a special procedure case against former political prisoners Nadzieja \u015aciepancova and \u017danna Zacharkievi\u010d yesterday in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian government uses the special procedure to prosecute its exiled opponents. The Investigative Committee charged the two sisters from Hrodna with facilitating extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2021, a Hrodna judge found them guilty of violent disorder and violence against a police officer. \u015aciepancova and Zacharkievi\u010d were sentenced to 3.5 and three years in an open-type corrective institution, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After their appeals were rejected, they fled the country. In an interview with Russian journalist Yury Dud, the sisters said they traveled 12 hours across a marsh to sneak into Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/marinich_madeinvilnius_lt-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/marinich_madeinvilnius_lt-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/marinich_madeinvilnius_lt-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/marinich_madeinvilnius_lt-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/marinich_madeinvilnius_lt-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/marinich_madeinvilnius_lt-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/marinich_madeinvilnius_lt.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Investigators file criminal charges against exiled startup hub manager<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 3, Pozirk. The Belarusian Investigative Committee filed nine criminal charges under special proceedings against exiled Ta\u0107ciana Maryni\u010d, head of the Imaguru startup hub, and her associate Anastasija Chamiankova, its website says. Charges against them range from inciting hatred and &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/83396\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 3, Pozirk. Investigators opened a special procedure case against former political prisoners Nadzieja \u015aciepancova and \u017danna Zacharkievi\u010d yesterday in Belarus. The Belarusian government uses the special procedure to prosecute its exiled opponents. The Investigative Committee charged the two sisters from Hrodna with facilitating extremism. In March 2021, a Hrodna judge found them guilty of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":64227,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-83446","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Investigators open special case against exiled sisters | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 3, Pozirk. 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